City safety & data profile

Ferry PassFL

Ferry Pass, FL is a 29K-resident city in Escambia County with a median household income of $61,689.

Escambia County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Ferry Pass, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Ferry Pass has a population larger than 62% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $260,100.

Data updated 2026-09-04

29K
Population (place)
Top 38%
By size
$61,689
Median income (place)
$260,100
Median home (place)
14.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Ferry Pass

Ferry Pass posts a median household income higher than 25% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 26%
by median income, US cities

Where Ferry Pass income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$61,689 Bottom 25% higher than 25% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Ferry Pass $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Ferry Pass, FL beyond the headline numbers

Ferry Pass sits inside Escambia County, Florida, at roughly 30.51°N, -87.21°W. Population 28,921, $61,689 median household income. Median home value $260,100, median rent $1,383. Poverty rate 14.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Ferry Pass, FL stands at 14.4%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Ferry Pass runs about 4.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 12.3% of Ferry Pass workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.4% in Ferry Pass, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Ferry Pass from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
28,921
Ferry Pass · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,689
-31% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$260,100
-37% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Escambia County): Ferry Pass's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
326K+8%
Median Income
$67,500+54%
Median Home Value
$257,200+98%
Poverty Rate
14.7%-19%
Unemployment
5.5%-51%

Economics

Economics indicators for Ferry Pass, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,383/mo
Poverty Rate
14.4% +16% vs avg
Unemployment 6.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 33.5%
Work From Home 12.3%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 65%
African American 19.9%
Asian 2.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 7.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
37.9%
Short Sleep Duration
34.5%
Obesity
33.3%
Physical Inactivity
24.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.3%
Binge Drinking
15.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
14%
Current Smoking
12.1%
Diabetes
11.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
11.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59%
Annual Checkup 77.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.4%
Stroke
3.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Ferry Pass?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Ferry Pass right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-FERRY-PASS · Ferry Pass

Ferry Pass: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Ferry Pass; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Ferry Pass, FL?
Ferry Pass, FL has a population of 28,921 people, located in Escambia County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Ferry Pass?
The median household income in Ferry Pass, FL is $61,689 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.4%.
What is the median home value in Ferry Pass?
The median home value in Ferry Pass, FL is $260,100. Median rent is $1,383/month.
What are the top health concerns in Ferry Pass?
The top health indicators in Ferry Pass include High Blood Pressure (37.9%), Short Sleep Duration (34.5%), Obesity (33.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Ferry Pass?
The median age in Ferry Pass, FL is 36.9 years. 33.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Ferry Pass, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (14.4% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($61,689 here).

Compare Ferry Pass with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Ferry Pass's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Ferry Pass area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Escambia County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.